16-Day Combined Kenya & Tanzania Safari & Beach Holiday (Road trip)

Our company representative will pick you up from the airport or your accommodation facility. After a short briefing about the safari, you will be handed over to your experienced driver guide in the morning for a scenic drive Southeast towards Amboseli National Park, arriving in good time for lunch. Embark on your first afternoon game drive exploring this acacia woodland, freshwater swamps, scrub brush, and open plains in search of wildlife returning at sunset for dinner and your overnight stay.

Amboseli National Park (392sq km) is famously known for the breathtaking view of Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest freestanding mountain on earth and the tallest in Africa (5895m). Amboseli is also an elephant’s paradise where the massive African savannah elephants roam from swamp to swamp grazing all day. Because of the abundance of water and pasture, other animals to be spotted here are cheetahs, zebras, giraffes, gnus, gazelles, hippos, and many others.

Accommodation

Spend the night at Kibo Safari Camp a Mid-range tented camp just outside Amboseli NP.

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Will be Provided

Leave the camp after breakfast, carrying your packed lunch to be enjoyed in the wild. Spend the whole day exploring the marshlands and swamps of Amboseli which are fed by subterranean water channels. Water is abundant throughout the year and so is the pasture. Elephants and various other herbivores are found here. Retreat to the lodge late in the afternoon after a long exploration of this 392sq km.

You'll also have an option of starting the day with an early morning game drive to search for animals when they're at their most active. Then return to the lodge for a relaxed breakfast and lunch.

Spend the hottest part of the day relaxing in the camp reading your favorite book writing your journal about the safari or just listening to your favorite music while observing the birds. Don't stress, the animals will be doing the same. Afterward, head off in the afternoon (4:00 pm) for another drive through the park. Return to the lodge at sunset for dinner and your overnight stay.

Accommodation

Spend the night at Kibo Safari Camp a Mid-range tented camp just outside Amboseli NP.

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Will be Provided

Today after an early breakfast, Drive west past Nairobi city for scenic views towards Lake Nakuru National Park. You will have a stopover at the spectacular Great Rift Valley viewpoint to stretch your legs and photograph the contrasting landscapes. Lunch today en route to the park or an English buffet at your lodge/hotel. After lunch, proceed for a game drive in the park, and thereafter, check into your hotel later in the evening.

This is among Kenya's finest national parks. It is gorgeous all year round and boasts rocky escarpments, patches of yellow-barked acacia forest, and a waterfall. It is home to flamingos, both black and white rhinos, lions, leopards, buffaloes, and the endangered Rothschild's giraffe. The southern end of the lake is the best place to see wildlife. The forested area below the Rhino Cliff is a favorite lion-spotting point where lionesses love to sleep in the trees, and leopards frequent the same area.

Accommodation

Spend the night at Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge a Mid-range lodge inside Lake Nakuru NP.

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Will be Provided

Today after breakfast, you will drive through the Rift Valley floor to Masai Mara National Reserve arriving at the lodge in good time for lunch. Embark on your first game drive in the reserve this afternoon in search of the Big Five and other herbivores that roam around in this beautiful savanna. Return to your lodge at sunset for dinner and your overnight stay.

One of our favorite places to look for wildlife in Kenya is the Masai Mara National Reserve. That's because the wildlife here is incredible, with big cats (lions, leopards, and cheetahs) and elephants among the highlights. There's a very good chance you'll also see giraffes, buffaloes, wildebeests, zebras, hippos, hyenas, and, of course, impalas. And bring your binoculars, because more than 500 species of birds have been recorded in the reserve. It's a place of beautiful savannah landscapes as well, with lots of acacia trees. Visiting the reserve is a highlight for many travelers.

Accommodation

Spend the night at Zebra Plains Mara Camp, a Mid-range tented camp bordering Masai Mara NR.

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Will be Provided

This is a full day spent game viewing across the rich tree-studded grassland and rolling hills of the famous Savanna. The Mara is renowned for its great herds of plains game animals like leopards, Cheetahs, Lions and other herbivores. It has virtually every other type of wildlife to be found in Kenya. You will have a full-day game drive in Masai Mara Savannah.

Your lunch today is picnic lunch boxes in the savannah under a flat-top acacia tree while watching the animals grazing. Continue with the game viewing on-route to your camp, arriving at your late in the afternoon after thoroughly exploring this massive grassland savannah measuring 1,500 sq.

You have an option of booking a balloon ride today which takes off early in the morning. After landing, the crew helps you out of the basket and escorts you to a lovely setting for a bush breakfast which is a lifetime experience and worth the
price. Later join your driver guide at a location and proceed with your full-day game drive.

Accommodation

Spend the night at Zebra Plains Mara Camp, a Mid-range tented camp bordering Masai Mara NR.

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Will be Provided

After breakfast, get ready for a long but visually stunning drive to the Isebania border post, separating Kenya and Tanzania. Once you complete the border immigration process, you will switch vehicles and meet your Tanzanian driver/guide. They will welcome you and take you to the vast Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, which means "endless plains." Lunch will be served on route.

You will arrive at the camp late in the afternoon. Keep an eye out for the millions of animals that call this place their home during the drive. Tonight, you will have an authentic African safari experience. The lodge is situated within the national park, right in the middle of all the animal action. Once you arrive, your driver/guide and the camp manager will provide you with a comprehensive safety briefing.

Please note that the drive from Masai Mara to Serengeti can take up to 8- 9 hours, including the border crossing and two pitstops. Alternatively, we can arrange a 3-hour flight transfer to Serengeti.

Accommodation

Spend 2 nights at Acacia Central Camp a Mid-range tented camp inside Central Serengeti NP (Tanzania

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Will be Provided

Wake up to another glorious day in the Serengeti. Start the day with an early morning game drive to search for animals when they're at their most active. Then return to the lodge for a relaxed breakfast and lunch.

Spend the hottest part of the day relaxing in the camp reading your favourite book writing your journal about the safari or just listening to your favourite music while observing the birds. Don't stress, the animals will be doing the same. Head off again in the afternoon for another drive through the park. Return to the lodge for dinner and another night under the Serengeti's stars.

Note: There's also an option of an early hot air balloon ride here. Please ask the tour manager before booking this trip if you're interested.

Accommodation

Spend 2 nights at Acacia Central Camp a Mid-range tented camp inside Central Serengeti NP (Tanzania

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Will be Provided

You will have an early breakfast at 6:00 am, followed by a final game drive through the Serengeti as you exit the park in the morning. After that, you will depart for Ngorongoro with picnic lunches. You will descend into the crater floor for a half-day crater tour. There are only two roads that connect the crater rim with the crater floor, one for driving down one for driving up, and another that goes both ways. The crater is approximately 20 km (12 miles) wide and 600 m (2,000 ft) deep. The floor is home to a rich and highly concentrated wildlife. Some 20,000 mammals of various sizes live there, including about 20 black rhinoceros, making the crater the best place in Tanzania to see the rhino.

The animals here are less wary of humans and vehicles, making it easier to watch them up close as they roam the lakes, rivers, woodlands, and hills. After your time at the crater, you will exit and drive to your lodge located at the rim for dinner and an overnight stay.

Accommodation

Spend the night at Angata Ngorongoro Camp a Mid-range lodge located beside Ngorongoro Crater.

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Will be Provided

After an early morning breakfast, you’ll make your way to Lake Eyasi, a huge seasonal soda lake. Lake Eyasi has been home to the Hadzabe people for more than 10,000 years and is one of the few places in Africa where traditional tribal life continues without modern influence.

Today You Have an (Option) of driving to Tarangire directly or visiting the Hadzabe land. You’ll have the opportunity to meet members of the community and join in on daily activities like hunting, gathering, and traditional dances. You'll also learn about their unique ‘click’ language, which is thought to be one of the oldest languages still in use today. Proceed to your lodge in Tarangire National Park arriving in good time for lunch. After lunch, embark on your first game drive exploring this beautiful park, believed to be the second park with the highest concentration of wildlife in Tanzania after Serengeti. Return to the lodge for your dinner and your overnight stay.

Accommodation

Spend the night at Acacia Tarangire Luxury Camp a Luxury Tented camp Inside Tarangire National Park.

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Will be Provided

Prepare for a long but very scenic drive today heading to Usambara Mountains (app 7-9 hrs), Pitstop at Moshi, and continue south watching the ever-changing scenery, reading a book listening to music, or getting to know your fellow traveler. Today's lunch is on its own arrangement at one of the 4th largest city in Tanzania Dodoma (which is now the capital city of Tanzania) to sample some local delicacies and thereafter proceed to your destination is Lushoto. The town of Lushaoto is an old German colony and home to the Wasambaa people living app 1500 meters above sea level arriving in good time at the Lawns Hotel one of the oldest hotels in Africa.

Accommodation

Spend the night at Lawns Hotel a Mid-range LodgeIn Lushoto

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Will be Provided

Today after a leisurely breakfast, Embark on a full day of adventure and activities as you take a guided tour and walks. Depart for a village tour with a local guide through the homesteads arriving at the beautiful "irente mountains".

Explore the lovely area of Tanzania, There are fewer tourists with beautiful scenery (very few tourists visit this part of the country) with a freshness that can be hard to find elsewhere. Beautiful rainforest, mountains, villages, and the local people who are the jewels here who offer gentle hospitality in these small local communities. Take a walk out of the gorgeous irente viewpoint and visit a local homestead for lunch after that return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Nb. A Good pair of hiking shoes, A bottle of water, and some snacks for this walk are important on this day.

Accommodation

Spend the night at Lawns Hotel a Mid-range LodgeIn Lushoto

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Will be Provided

Leave the mountains behind and travel further south to the coastal town of Der Es Salaam at Golden Tulip Hotel ( Appx 6-7- hrs) arriving in good time for lunch. On arrival, You will have nothing much lined up for you this afternoon perhaps take a stroll in the city or just relax in your hotel.

Located on the Swahili coast, Dar es Salaam is an important economic center and is one of the fastest-growing cities in the world. The town was founded by Majid bin Said, the first Sultan of Zanzibar, in 1865 or 1866. It was the main administrative and commercial center of German East Africa.

Accommodation

Spend the night at Golden Tulip Dar Es Salaam Hotel a Mid-range Hotel In Dar es Salaam.

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Will be Provided

Today after an early breakfast catch a ferry to the spice island of Zanzibar filled with idyllic beaches, winding cobblestone alleyways, and bazaars. Zanzibar has a history comprising the slave trade, Arabian sultans, and fruit and spice exporters. The traditional dhow sailing along the coast evokes what the island must have been in the Livingstone days. The old port of the main city is called Stone Town and the best way to see this city is on foot, exploring the markets, shops, mosques, and churches. Enjoy a sundowner on a rooftop or a bar overlooking the seafront. Spend the night in Stone Town Dhow Palace Hotel with double/ twin-share rooms with access to Wi-Fi.

Accommodation

Spend the night at Golden Tulip Stonetown Boutique Hotel, a Mid-range hotel located in Stone Town.

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Will be Provided

Today after a leisurely rooftop breakfast, check out of your hotel and head to the northern beaches via an (optional)visit to the spice plantation... on this spice plantation guided tour you can learn all about the history of this island's renowned spice trade, and you will have an opportunity to touch, Smell and taste various spices such as cinnamon, vanilla and ginger among many. Sample some tea made with these spices too. After lunch, you will head to the northern beaches where white sand and sparkling blue sea and skies await you. This is the Indian Ocean at its best.

Accommodation

Spend 2 nights at Zoi Boutique Hotel a Luxury hotel at Matemwe Beach (Zanzibar, Tanzania

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Will be Provided

Enjoy free time at the beach in this beautiful archipelago today there are so many water activities that you can take including snorkeling in search of the exotic fish, scuba diving or simply relaxing in a hammock underneath a coconut tree with a good book or listening to some music.

Accommodation

Spend the night at Zoi Boutique Hotel a Luxury hotel at Matemwe Beach (Zanzibar, Tanzania

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Will be Provided

You will check out of your hotel this morning and return to Stone Town by noon to be transferred directly to the airport, marking the end of your safari.

Please note that the most convenient option for departure is Zanzibar Airport. However, if you are departing from Dar es Salaam airport, ferries leave Zanzibar at 7:30 am, 9:30 am, 12:30 pm, and 3:30 pm. It is crucial to allow enough time to return to the mainland if you need to catch your flight from Dar es Salaam Airport.

We can also arrange a flight from Zanzibar to connect with your outbound flight from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, but please refrain from booking it before 3 pm.

Last Day With Us

(End of Tour) No accommodations

Breakfast Will be Provided

NOTE: Additional Accommodation can be arranged at the end of your tour for an added fee.